Low Fat Biscuits Recipes

FAST & EASY LOW FAT DROP BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
• Put the flour, baking powder& baking soda, and salt into your food processor.
• (Or you can do it by hand. The food processor is much easier, though.) Pulse once or twice to mix.
• Then add the oil and pulse a few times until it appears mixed.
• Add the sour cream and pulse until the dough comes together (sort of into a ball but not really).
• Drop by spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet you have sprayed with non-stick spray.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

LOW FAT YOGURT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Combine all-purpose and pastry flour with baking powder and salt.
• In a separate bowl, combine yogurt and oil.
• Blend yogurt mixture into flour mixture just until the dry ingredients are moistened and it forms a dough.
• On a floured surface, pat the dough out into a circle 3/4-inch thick.
• Using a knife or a pizza cutter, cut the circle into eight wedges.
• Place wedges on an oiled baking sheet or a baking stone.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until a knife iserted in the center comes out clean.

LOW-FAT HOMEMADE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Add yogurt and honey. With a fork, "cut in" the yogurt and honey to the dry ingredients (like you would with buttter), and combine until crumbly.
• Add milk and stir until the dough forms a ball.
• Pat or roll the dough out to 1/2-1 inch thick (depending on how big you want your biscuits).
• With a floured glass or circular cutter, cut dough into circles.
• Place biscuits on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned on top.
• Enjoy with honey, butter, gravy, cheese or plain!
• *** Another version of this biscuit (we call it "The Breakfast Version")***.
• Add 1/2-3/4 cup of raisins
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon.
• Serve with applesauce.

LOW FAT BISCUITS (WW)

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl with a whisk.
• Mix in shortening with your fingers until it resembles a coarse crumb (or use a food processor).
• Stir in yogurt and half and half until it just comes together, do not over mix.
• Lay out a sheet of wax paper, parchment paper or freezer paper and dust with flour.
• Dump out dough and coat your hands with flour. Pat out until its about 1" thick.
• Using the paper, fold over the dough and pat out, repeating about 4 times.
• Pat out dough to about 3/4" and cut with a 2" ring cutter.
• Bake in a 400 degree oven for 14-16 minutes.